An employee of the Hard Rock Café restaurant in Louisville has been diagnosed with acute hepatitis A.

Customers who ate at the Hard Rock Café at 424 S. 4th St. from April 14 to April 30 may have been exposed to the hepatitis A virus.

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While the risk of contracting hepatitis A from eating at the restaurants is low, the Department of Public Health and Wellness issued the advisory out of an abundance of caution.

The Hard Rock Café scored 100-A and 98-A on its last two health inspections.

When a food service worker is diagnosed with hepatitis A, he or she is immediately excluded from work and not allowed to return without release from his or her medical provider. Additionally, all employees at the establishment are vaccinated, and disinfection and sanitation practices are followed.

Symptoms of hepatitis A are fatigue, decreased appetite, stomach pain, nausea, darkened urine, pale stools and jaundice (yellowing of the skin and eyes). People can become ill 15 to 50 days after being exposed to the virus. Anyone experiencing symptoms should seek medical attention.

In November, the Kentucky Department for Public Health declared a statewide hepatitis A outbreak.

Since the outbreak began there have been 314 cases diagnosed in Louisville and at least 26,662 people vaccinated.